Our Nation is dealing with a weak job market and decreasing wages, and never ending wars. Many jobs were lost after the recession, small businesses failed, and a record number of people lost their homes saving and retirement. Our faith in government is at all time lows. As we watch wages go down, the middle class disappear and expenses go up it is offensive to be considered selfish or racist if you are opposed to taking on other countries’ refugees or migrants. Nor is it careless to not want to take on new wars. Please do not assume someone else is paying for "it". Or that it is “Free”. With the passing of ACA, some people’s premiums doubled and deductibles tripled, mostly the middle class and self-employed. Politicians who are promising free college, offering to take in the world's poor, asking to support more wars, provide foreign aid, increase military spending, cut taxes, while we ignore the Federal Deficit, are not facing the reality. We are not properly caring for veterans, our infrastructure is in poor shape, our schools are failing, our prisons are full, we do little to deal with mental health issues, and there are never ending new fees, taxes, higher costs of utilities. We have a record number of people on unemployment, welfare, and SSI, and simply not participating in the work force. We almost got a break in gas prices, and the state rushed in and passed new taxes on gas. (WA) If you don't think you are paying for all of this, ask yourself if you think life in the USA is improving? Are we improving schools, lifting up the poor, ensuring healthcare access, helping the mentally ill, rehabilitating our criminals, taking care of our roads and bridges, treating our veterans like the heroes? Is your local school asking for more levies, are our teachers spending their own money to teach? How arrogant to be meddling in the affairs of other Nations, when we are not keeping up with our own social issues. It is a great ideal to want to help the world's poor, repressed, etc., but in reality if you can't and don't take care of yourself and your family (Nation) first there will soon be nothing to give. Maybe we aren’t selfish and racist, maybe we are tired and worried about the future. WE ARE ALL PAYING. How much more can you afford?
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